Explore value-added models (VAMs) in education: unbiased estimates, teacher effectiveness, and policy limitations. Learn about teacher & school VAMs.

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Recovery from university grade inflation after the COVID-19 pandemic varies by faculty Higher education institutions worldwide report a drastic increase in grades during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sinc...

Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

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High schools have rapidly increased the availability of computer science (CS) courses. One challenge for these expansions is staffing CS classrooms with qualified teachers.This study provides novel...

Despite a burgeoning literature on first-generation college student success, little is known about how the presence of first-generation or continuing-generation peers may facilitate desired outcomes a...

A study finds an unintended consequence of computerized grade books